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Coalescence of drops in liquid‐liquid extraction columns
Author(s) -
Smith A. R.,
Caswell J. E.,
Larson P. P.,
Cavers S. D.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.5450410404
Subject(s) - coalescence (physics) , ternary operation , liquid liquid , liquid–liquid extraction , materials science , chromatography , extraction (chemistry) , chemistry , physics , computer science , astrobiology , programming language
Observations have been made of the presence of coalescence within an operating spray liquid‐liquid extraction column, and of the ease or difficulty of coalescence at the column interface. On the basis of a mechanism proposed to explain coalescence and checked against the observations, qualitative predictions can be made as to ease of coalescence for ternary situations where a solute is transferred between two liquids, each saturated with the main component of the other.